Elements Art Camp: K-6

The elements of air, earth, fire, water inspire & shape art-making. Experiment in watercolour, mobile-making, charcoal and earth art-making.

The Greeks believed that everything in the world was created from air, earth, water and fire. Explore how each of these elements can influence your art-making. Play with watercolours, make your own mobile, and use items from nature to create art.

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Elements Art Camp: K-6
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1 Your Guide

Amber Santos Learn more about me

Amber Santos is an art educator and artist with over 25 years of experience, including 15 years in online education and creating 65+ activities for the HomeLearners Network. Her multidisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in her German heritage and reclaimed Métis and Anishinaabe culture and includes paper craft, textiles, painting, and more. Amber inspires kids and youth to draw inspiration from nature and their gardens and yards. Her activities combine technical fundamentals like colour theory and the elements of art with somatic, wellness-centred art practices. A painter and muralist with an on-going studio practice, she also spent seven years curating the Nelson International Mural Festival of which she is a co-founder. All of the visuals that you see in Amber's activities were created by her hands!

When I'm not making art, find me listening to music on full blast in the kitchen, dancing and making food for my family:)

2 Materials Needed

Earth- branches, leaves flowers collected from nature, tape, string, scissors, paper, paint Air - nature items, recycling items, sticks Fire - Drawing and painting supplies Water - Watercolour paint, brushes, watercolour paper, salt, drinking straw

3 Learning Focus

  • Communicating
  • Creative thinking
  • Social awareness & responsibility

4 Registration

You’re selecting a Realtime Camp A one-time Livestreamed Activity led by a qualified Guide.

5 Best Suited For:

Stick figures of varying sizes waving

My age is between 5 - 11

Yellow and blue gear

All experience levels are welcome.

Child and mother stick figure standing

I can do this independently.

An open book

All reading levels are welcome.